Discovery Education II

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Discovery Education II is for teachers who have already begun to use the basic features of Discovery Education Streaming with students. In this class, participants will go a bit deeper by learning how to provide instruction with more personalized and manageable Discovery experience.

Clear Targets:
I can
  • explore Discovery Education features currently available to all CMCSS teachers and students that allow for customization of learning
  • collaborate with peers on how best to make use of these features in the classroom
  • work with technology integration coaches and peers to choose the resources that best meet their needs and the needs of students
  • learn how to create classes and small groups in Discovery Education to allow for group assignment and completion tracking
  • learn to how share writing prompts, assignments, and board builder projects with other teachers for collaborative planning
  • learn how to provide feedback to students about their work in Discovery

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YouTube Playlist Videos

Creating an Account/Recovering a Password

Contact your Technology Integration Coach for your school's unique passcode to create a free account.
Recovering Your Password
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Searching and Organizing Resources

Search tools enable you to quickly locate a variety of resources and filter search results by subject, grade, media type, etc.
There are several different ways to search through the plethora of resources available within Discovery Education; Search by Keyword, Search by Curriculum Standards and Use the Advanced Search.
Searching within Discovery Help

Think of a skill or standard your students need additional support with or reteaching. Look through the Discovery resources and save resources to your QuickList or to My Content that you can use to create writing prompts, assignments, quizzes or boards.

Saving to QuickList or My Content

Creating Classes and Small Groups

Creating classes or small groups allows teachers to assign quizzes, boards and assignments with content to entire classes or specific students. By creating small groups, teachers can provide differentiation with their assignments.

Watch the Screencastify with instructions on Creating Classes and Small Groups.

Using Resources with Builder Tools

Discovery has four builder tools, assignment builder, quiz builder, writing prompt builder and board builder.
  • Assignment Builder- allows teachers to build online activities that integrate videos, images, articles, and quizzes.
  • Quiz Builder- allows teachers to build quizzes from a question bank while including powerful images and videos.
  • Writing Prompt Builder- allows teachers to supply students with a writing prompt box with text, images, and videos.
  • Board Builder and Feedback- students can publish learning in a protected environment. Student boards can also be turned in digitally to the teacher. Teacher created Boards can be used by teachers to build content for students.

Builder Tools Help

Assignment Builder

The assignment builder allows teachers to build online activities that integrate videos, images, articles and quizzes.
Assignment Builder Screencastify
Assignment Builder Step-by-Step Instructions (with images)

Writing Prompt Builder

Discovery's Writing Prompt builder allows teachers to supply students with a writing prompt box with text, images and videos.
Creating a Writing Prompt Screencastify

Create New Writing Prompt Step-by-Step Instructions (with images)

Quiz Builder

The quiz builder allows teachers to build quizzes from a question bank while including powerful images and videos.
Quiz Builder Screencastify
Quiz Builder Step-by-Step Instructions (with images)

Board Builder

Board Builder allows teachers to create content boards for students. Students can create boards to publish learning in a protected environment.
Board Builder Screencastify (Teachers)
Board Builder Screencastify (Students-from teacher template)
Board Builder Screencastify (Students- from scratch)
Board Builder FAQ
50 Ways to Use Board Builder (You must be signed into your Discovery account to view this resource.)

Sharing Resources

Discovery has made it easy for teachers to share resources with others. Resources can be share via a link, with the school or with the district.
Sharing Screencastify

Preview as a Student

Student Log In Information
Student username and password are set by district.

  • Username: cmc.##### (the # is the full student lunch number)
  • Password :FL#### (the # is last 4 numbers of state issued student pin.)

Preview as a Student Screencastify

Viewing Student Work and Providing Feedback

Providing students feedback on their work is important. Use the screencastify below to see various ways to provide feedback for students' work.
Viewing Student Work and Providing Feedback




Teacher Created Examples

Please share your work with the class by using either the embedded Google Sheet below...


Or this link to a full screen Google Sheet.

https://docs.google.com/a/cmcss.net/spreadsheets/d/1_hNr5ZzunHVkFgJiQ-3Mi0h3DzBIbQn978Z7kc3u5yQ/edit?usp=sharing

DEN Discovery Educators Network-

See how this global network of teachers can help you.

  • Participants Go to My DE Services in the left corner of the teacher account.
  • Choose Discovery Educator Network
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Overview of Blended Learning - Khan Academy video tutorials featuring content from the Christensen Institute


SOS Strategies - For a list of SOS strategies as shared by Discovery Education.com visit http://tinyurl.com/SOS-strategies.


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